Lamentations Chapter 2

Jeremiah mourns the misery of Jerusalem

2:1 How Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here has clouded the daughter of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here He threw down from the heavensמִשָּׁמַיִם‎
Transliteration: miššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – from the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, from the sky, from the atmosphere – For more info click here to the earth the glory of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here, He didn’t remember his footstool* “His footstool” is the Holy Temple (Rashi) – From the Artscroll English Tanach on the day of his anger!
2:2 Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here has consumed without pity all the homes of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here: He has broken down in His wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judahיְהוּדָה‎
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea – For more info click here; He has brought them down to the ground: He has profaned the kingdom and its rulers.
2:3 He has cut down in [His] fierce anger all the dignity of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here: withdrew His right hand from before the enemy, and He burned through Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here like a flaming fire, consuming on all sides.
2:4 He has bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand like a foe, and killed all who were pleasant to see. In the tent of the daughter of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here: He poured out His fury like fire.
2:5 Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here became like an enemy: He has consumed Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here, He has consumed all her palaces: He has destroyed its strongholds, He increased within the daughter of Judahיְהוּדָה‎
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea – For more info click here mourning and sorrow.
2:6 And he has violently taken away His booth, like a garden: He has destroyed His place of the assembly: YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here has made festival and Sabbathsוְשַׁבָּת‎
romanized: Šabbāṯ, [ʃa’bat], lit. ’rest’ or ‘cessation’) is Judaism’s day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the creation of the heavens and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt, and look forward to a future Messianic Age. Since the Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday For more info click here to be forgotten in Zionבְּצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, transliterated: bᵊṣîyôn Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here, and in His anger He rejected both king and the priestוְכֹהֵן
vᵊḵōhēn and the Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here.
2:7 Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here has rejected His Altar, he has abolished his Sanctuary, He has handed over to the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; They raised [such] a clamor in the house of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, that it sounded like a festival day.
2:8 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here has resolved to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here: He has stretched out the line, he hasn’t withdrawn his hand from consuming: So He made the rampart and the wall mourn; together they languished.

2:9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her officers are among the nationsבַגּוֹיִם‎
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:— in/among the Gentiles, in/among the heathen, in/among the nations, in/among the people. For more info click here: the Torahתּוֹרָה‎
Tōrā,/ˈtɔːrə, ˈtoʊrə/; law, teaching, direction, instruction – The first five books of the Bible or also called “the books of Moses” comes from an archery term meaning to shoot. is no more* There is no one to provide religious instruction (Rashi) – From the Artscroll English Tanach; her prophets too, find no vision from YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here sit on the ground in silence: they have thrown ashes on their heads; they have gird themselves in sackcloth: the maidens of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here bowed their heads to the ground.
2:11 My eyes fail with tears, my bowels boil, my liver spills out on the ground, at the destruction of the daughter of my people; while babies and the sucklings faint away in the streets of the city.
2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is bread and wine? As they faint away like a dying man streets of the city, as their soulנַפְשָׁם
Transliteration: nap̄šām Meaning: their soul, their self, their life, their creature, their person, their appetite, their mind, their living being, their desire, their emotion, their passion For more info click here ebbs away in their mothers’ bosom.
2:13 With what shall I bear witness for you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here? What example can I give to comfort you, O unmarried daughter of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here? because your ruin is vast like the sea: who can heal you?
2:14 Your prophets have seen vanity and foolishness for you: and they didn’t expose your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have seen for you vanity and deception.
2:15 All that pass your way clap their hands at you; they whistle and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here, saying, Is this the city that men call The Perfect in Beauty, The Joy of All the Earth?
2:16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they whistle and grit their teeth: They say, We have devoured her: indeed this is the day that we waited for, at last we have seen it.
2:17 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here has done what He had planned; He carried out His decree that he had commanded in ancient times: He has destroyed, without pity: and He let your enemy rejoice over you, and filled your foes with pride.
2:18 Their heart cried out to Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here, O wall of the daughter of Zionצִיּוֹן
LXX: Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion,Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here, shed tears like a river, day and night: give yourself no rest; don’t let the daughter of your eye be still.
2:19 Get up, cry out at night in the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water in the presence of Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here: lift up your hands to Him for the life of your babies, who are fainting from hunger at every street corner.

Jeremiah’s complaint to God

2:20 Look, O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, and consider to whom You have done this. Should women eat the fruit of their wombs, the babies of their care? Should the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here and the prophet* A reference to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest who prophesied against King Joash and was stoned to death in the Temple Courtyard (2nd Chron. 24:20-22) – From the Artscroll English Tanach be killed in the sanctuary of Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here?
2:21 Out on the ground in the streets they lie young and old: my unmarried women and my young men have fallen by the sword; you have killed them on the day of Your anger; You slaughtered them without pity.

2:22 You have invited like on a festival time my evil neighbors on all sides, so that on the day of YAHWEH’s יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here anger there was no survivor no one escaped : those that I have cherished and brought up, my enemy has ended.